Train ME Animal Training

11/24/2025

New class to check out at GDG!

Deb has another FitDog class coming up. Everyone has such a blast in it! Come check it out!

11/17/2025

Congrats to our Sunday classes for graduating yesterday! And extra congrats to Lil Poundcake and Sassy for passing their CGC tests- way to go!

Train ME is taking a holiday break from classes but keep an eye out for our Sunday class offerings in the new year!

10/24/2025

Congrats to our Thursday night Family Dog Foundations 1 graduates! Such a fun class- keep up the good work everyone! 🎉

10/07/2025

Just a few spots left in classes starting this Sunday October 12th! Reserve your spot today by going to trainmeanimaltraining.com/group-classes/

10/06/2025

Congratulations to all of our Sunday graduates from yesterday! Such a pleasure to have you all in class. Keep up the good work!

Next session of classes starts next Sunday 10/12! Save your spot today by heading to trainmeanimaltraining.com/group-classes/ !

09/30/2025

While this is north of us, it doesn't mean that it couldn't spread south. PLEASE make sure your dogs and puppies are up to date on their vaccinations!

We are continuing to see a spike in parvo virus cases at our clinic. Parvo virus can remain in the environment for weeks or months. It can survive the harsh winters of Maine and likely is present in most dog parks across the US. One study showed that more than 80% of dog parks test positive for intestinal parasites. Whenever you get a lot of dogs in one place, you can transmit disease.

Parvo is part of the core vaccine series in dogs for a reason. If your dog is not up to date on vaccines or hasn't completed a vaccine series, do not take them to places like dog parks or highly dog trafficked areas. Please call today to get a vaccine for your dog. Adult dogs may be fully immunized with one vaccine based on their age and vaccine history.

A fully vaccinated for parvo means:
-gotten the full 3 rounds of puppy vaccines
-received the 1 year booster at 12 months of age
-continues to get vaccinated for parvo per vaccine guidelines ( every 1 to 3 years)
*** and at least 2 to 3 weeks since the FINAL vaccine has passed. Immunity is not instant***

Once exposed, you dog can have virus shedding as early as 5 days post exposure. So their poops are leaving parvo virus for the next dog.

Clinical symptoms can take 7 to 14 days to emerge. Yup, this means, your dog is shedding virus to contaminate the environment BEFORE they are acting sick.

Once sick, this virus hits the gut and bone marrow very quickly. They will go from being off to near death in 1 to 2 days.

If your unvaccinated dog came into contact with a confirmed case of parvo:
-Call your veterinarian or our office to discuss if the monoclonal antibody is beneficial for your pup.
-puppies from the same litter of a confirmed case have a higher chance of survival with the antibodies.
-Antibodies can be helpful for unvaccinated adult dogs with KNOWN exposure but can be costly since the dosing is based on weight.

Parvo outbreaks were common in the late 70's and 80's and has been under control due to vaccination. We see a mini out break every summer at our clinic but this one has not died out and is continuing to spread.

We have had positive patients who have travelled in the Bangor area, especially down town. Please be mindful with your unvaccinated puppies!

09/23/2025

Puppies galore! Puppy preschool and Foundations 1 students had fun with their exploration activities this week- and foundations 1 puppies were ecstatic that they got to play at the end of class 🤩 Well done everyone!

09/19/2025

Congrats to our Family Dog Foundations 1 & 2 graduates from last night! These teams were so fun to work with and made so much progress- way to go everyone!! Look at those happy faces 😍

09/18/2025

Jackson and his favorite toy 😍

09/16/2025

Sweet Holly joined Puppy Preschool last night. What a sweet pup! So bright and fun to work with- and just look at that face 😍

09/12/2025

Well be tabling at the S**o Bark in the Park tomorrow (Saturday)! Join the fun!

09/08/2025

Our own dogs got some beach time this weekend where they took the opportunity to engage in several species specific behaviors that may be deemed inappropriate or naughty in other contexts. Without appropriate outlets for these behaviors and others they are more likely to show up when and where we don’t want them to!

What natural dog behaviors do you see in these photos? What is your dogs favorite appropriate outlet for these behaviors? Share in the comments!